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Collection Explores Writing as Revolutionary Activismnew
Spanning over a quarter century of conflict in the Middle East, and forwarding the voices of sixty poets from multiple nations, this collection offers an intricate understanding of what it means to resist, to give birth to change, to create meaning out of astonishing political chaos and violence
X.J. Kennedy's Latest Disappointsnew
While the usual X.J. Kennedy suspects—rhyme-and-meter mastery; a playful, often sardonic personality—thrive throughout, Peeping Tom's Cabin suffers from lethargy of theme.
'American Poets in the 21st Century': The New Poeticsnew
With apocryphal proclamations ("poetry is dead") being as common as formal innovations, the task of understanding where today's poetry fits in literary history and who is writing it is incredibly loaded.
'The Book of Ocean': An Odyssey of Imaginationnew
Larkin's first book is a prism of paradox, a poetry aware of its own disguise.
Dorn Has an Unique and Complex Vision of Americanew
Too much poetry focuses on the beautiful, the lyrical, the sublime moments of our lives -- though you'll find all this in Edward Dorn, you'll just as often find political invective, sharp satire and a critical wit.
'Vermeer's Light': Sound Often Dominates Over Sensenew
Bowering, the first Canadian poet laureate, delights in language and in word-play.
'A Building With Eyes'new
DaZE's most insistent concern is its days: the daily news, the daily grind, the details of war and weird science that enter our lives on a daily basis.
Tags: DaZE, Matthew Cooperman
Between Despair and Possibilitynew
Byrne puts into dialogue the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- as experienced through the mediation of headlines and news stories.
Tags: An Educated Heart, Mairead Byrne
The Populist Poetnew
Pomerhn's third book is a guided tour through the crumbling American mindscape.
Neither Prescriptive nor Naivenew
Cairns crafts poems of faith in an age when readers are liable to greet the subject with cynicism.
Tags: Compass of Affection, Scott Cairns
Reasserting the Power of Creeley's Versenew
Why has a poet with such depth of feeling, technical virtuosity and an oft-imitated style elicited such a critical backlash? Most of it has nothing to do with the work itself.
